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Godman's Graceful Brown Snake
Rhadinella godmani
Rhadinella godmani, also known commonly as Godman's graceful brown snake, and as la culebra-café de Godman and la lagartijerita de Godman in American Spanish, is a species of snake in the subfamily Dipsadinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to Central America and southern Mexico. There are two recognized subspecies.
From the article Rhadinella godmani on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The longest specimen in the type series of R. godmani has total length of 44.5 cm (17.5 in), which includes a tail 13 cm (5.1 in) long. The dorsal scales are arranged in 21 rows throughout the length of the body.
Range & habitat
R. godmani is found in extreme southeastern Mexico, in the Mexican states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, and in Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama.
Wikipedia: “Geographic range”
In human culture
The specific name, godmani, is in honor of British naturalist Frederick DuCane Godman. The subspecific name, zilchi, is in honor of German malacologist Adolf Michael Zilch.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 28813.